Faculty
Tenured and Tenure-Track

Luis Rene Contreras-Sapien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment via MS TEAMS
Monday & Wednesday
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Engineering Building,
Room E-226A
lrcontreras@utep.edu
(915) 747-7098
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Amit J. Lopes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
MFG Graduate Program Director/Advisor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Engineering Building,
Room A-244
ajlopes@utep.edu
(915) 747-5958
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Sergio Luna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
SE Graduate Program Director/Advisor
Office Hours or by appointment
Wednesday
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-242
salunafong@utep.edu
(915) 747-7450
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Amanda de Oliveira Barros, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Engineering Building,
Room A-239
aoliveira@utep.edu
(915) 747-6564

Arunkumar Pennathur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-240
apennathur@utep.edu
(915) 747-8652
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Priyadarshini R. Pennathur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
IE Graduate Program Director/Advisor
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-241
prpennathur2@utep.edu
(915) 747-7956
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Md Fashiar Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-243
mrahman13@utep.edu
(915) 747-6903
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Eric D. Smith, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Program Director & Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Wednesday
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-245
esmith2@utep.edu
(915) 747-5205
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Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Ph.D., CMfgE
Chair & Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room A-131
btseng@utep.edu
(915) 747-7990
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Research Assistant Professors

Honglun Xu, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room E-201L
hxu4@utep.edu
(915) 747-5780
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Lecturers

John G. Artus
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday & Friday
after 6:00 PM on Zoom
jgartus@utep.edu

Filiberto Macias, M.S
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Thursday
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM via Zoom
Engineering Building,
Room A-130
famacias@utep.edu
(915) 747-5752
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Jaime Sanchez, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Engineering Building,
Room E-201L
jsanchez21@utep.edu
(915) 747-6394
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Henry E. Schneider
Lecturer
By appointment via MS Teams
heschneider@utep.edu

Shawn S. Smith, Ph.D., PMP
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
sssmith2@utep.edu
Adjunct Faculty
